History
Katy High School opened in 1898 to serve the children of the local rice farmers, the first graduating class was in 1900.
1939: The first football team is established at Katy High School.
1941: 17 seniors graduate from Katy High School.
1947: The campus is moved to its current location at US Highway 90 and FM 1463 in 1947. Seventh and eight grade are included on this campus until 1965.
1952: The band hall and vocational building are constructed south of the building.
1955: Katy High School holds graduation for 40 seniors.
1960: A total of 53 graduate from Katy High School.
1977: The capacity of the campus is expanded from 800 to 1600. Also, the Katy ISD school board approves a drill team for the 1977–1978 school year that would be called the "Red Brigade" (students and advisers change the name to "Bengal Brigade" before the start of the school year).
May, 1977: 195 seniors walk across the stage at Tiger Field.
May, 1979: 296 seniors graduate from KHS.
May 1981: Last full graduating class for all Katy high school students (approximately 450); 1982 graduating class was split between 2 Katy area high schools.
1981: The last varsity football game is played at Tiger Field before moving to Rhodes Stadium.
1984: The tiger-head logo is designed, and replaces the simple letters "K.T.".
1985: The weight room and field house are expanded.
1992: 360 seniors graduate from KHS.
1995: The adjacent junior high school is converted into a 9th Grade Center, called West Campus. The largest entering freshman class occupies the building.
1997–98: Named a National Blue Ribbon School
May, 1997: 518 seniors graduate from KHS at the Astro Hall in Houston.
1998: A photo, which can now be found in the KHS trophy case in front of the competition gym, was taken of Bill Murray alongside the KHS Band in conjunction with the filming of the movie Rushmore.
1998: A new library and hallway are completed between the main building and West Campus.
May, 1998: 551 seniors graduate from KHS at the Astro Hall in Houston.
May, 1999: Making history, the largest graduating class from Katy High School of 660 seniors walk across the stage at the Astro Hall.
Summer, 2001: Amid renovations to remove asbestos from the campus, a good 80% of the pre- 1977 campus burns. The fire did not cause problems so much as it just sped up the teardown process. Due to their separation from the main building, the freshman campus, vocational building, band hall and athletic facilities (field houses and natatorium) are spared; the rebuild connects them to the main building and gives them much needed facelifts.
May, 2003: The class of graduating seniors breaks Katy High School's previous record with a graduating class of 666 students. To this day it is still the largest graduating class from Katy High School.
2004: Performing Arts Center and classroom expansion is completed, increasing the student capacity to over 3,000; a new rodeo arena is finished behind the high school.
May, 2005: Graduation ceremonies are moved from Houston to Merrell Center located at KISD headquarters behind the school.
May, 2007: 474 seniors completed their education at KHS.
May, 2008: 497 seniors graduated from Katy High School.
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